Block houses built for German troops in Eastern front during World War II. A man with a grass cutter prepares the ground while others with spade digging for block houses. Men carry tree logs on their shoulders. German engineers construct the shades of the houses with tree logs and cover t with straw bedding. View of Russian prisoners of war cutting trees into logs in snow covered area.
A map of the Eastern Front in German during World War II. Hermann Göring arrives at a train station surrounded by his men. Two German soldiers smiling upon the arrival of Göring. Göring meets soldiers as a nurse distributes packages. Adoring Nazi officers and nurses trail behind Göring as he tours the hospital. German men in casual attire watch Göring. German patients smile upon meeting Göring. Göring leaves the hospital.
A map of the Russian side of the Eastern Front, cities and rivers are written in German during World War II. Weapons in dugout. Soldiers use binoculars to observe their surroundings. German military commander speaks to soldiers during a meeting in a forest. German soldiers listen while sitting. German soldiers storm a building while street fighting in a Russian town. A soldier runs across the blasted hall. Debris is scattered all over the rooms. The soldiers crouch, one of them uses a phone. A German soldier uses “Donkey Ear” trench binoculars to observe the street from the window. Smoke rises from a destroyed factory. An officer gives out orders on the telephone. Gun crewmen begin to fire with Flak gun. Artillery firing at Russian positions. German gun crew fire with heavily camouflaged artillery. Explosion is seen on the left side of the camera, in the position of the gun crew. Smoke rising from several explosions.
German troops on the Eastern Front during World War II. Snow covered area. Germans chop down a pine tree to use as a Christmas tree on the Russian front in 1941. German soldiers rush out of the bunker entrance. A field post soldier arrives in motorcycle with a sidecar. Soldiers lift the field post man, triumphantly carrying him into the bunker. The German transport squadrons bring reserves to the Eastern Front. Soldiers on sledges. German ski patrol encounters Russian forces while towing equipment cross country. Soldiers unload supplies from an aircraft. German troops use reindeer to transport supplies in the snow. The soldiers wear white snow camouflage suits while skiing in the forest. Frozen coniferous trees covered in snow. Whitewashed Pz.38t Czech tank, used by Germans, passes in the snow.
Film opens with map of the eastern front area during World War 2. A railroad train is seen pulling into a station. Closeup of snow between the tracks. Happy German soldiers, on leave from the front, leave the train and crowd the station platform. Some of the soldiers visit a shop labeled: "Marketenderei,"where they obtain various personal supplies. Views of soldiers washing and shaving, before heading back to the front. Conductor closes railroad train door. Women and others wave from the station platform, one with a dog, as the train pulls out, headed back to the front. Next, the train arrives at another station where the soldiers leave it. A sign directs them to building 29 where they are to register. The troops enter barracks, and then proceed to board army canvas-covered trucks. Army Trucks are seen moving in both directions along a snowy road, across agricultural areas. Troops climb down from a truck, adjusting their weapons. Some are seen walking toward the camera. One carries a lamb in his arms. Views of soldiers traveling on a horse-drawn sled. Others are seen at a camp, where they receive hot soup in their personal mess gear. A Colonel (named Kominsky) eating with one of his troops. Two soldiers in white arctic garb, eating in front of a tank. Soldiers sharing photographs of their children. One, smoking a pipe, holds up a black African doll. Some of the soldiers take advantage of the quiet and begin to frolic in the snow. They begin by throwing large amounts of snow on some of their comrades. Soon the all take part in a snowball fight. Film ends as one brushes snow off himself.
The Eastern Front of World War II. German soldiers load and fire artillery in Southeastern Russia. Many soldiers naked from waist up due to the heat. Grasslands and mountains in the background. Few soldiers in tunnels. Soldiers holding guns walk through woods. Barbed wires seen. Massive explosions. German infantry advances. German Messerschmitt bombers take off on bombing mission. Aircraft in flight. Pilot at controls. Bombs dropping on the enemy targets..